Feeling Stressed? Have You Tried This Herb?

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is tough to define, but we all know that we occasionally feel anxious.

When we have a job interview, give a presentation, go out in public, there is some small (or large) amount of stress related to the event.

But a surprisingly large number of people feel some level of anxiety all the time, and many times without a specific reason, and this is what GAD is.

It afflicts nearly 3% of the US population or roughly 6.8 million people.

Very often these general feelings of anxiety can suck the joy out of life, and in some cases cause people to withdraw from daily activities.

There is a tendency to want to prescribe powerful tranquilizers known as benzos like Valium to people suffering from GAD, but these have a high possibility of addiction and the withdrawal can be severe.

If it does in fact reduce stress, then that would lead to anti-inflammatory uses for such conditions as arthritis.

Reducing overall stress and anxiety should help with people having trouble sleeping.

The biggest side effect seems to be stomach upset in some patients.

Another reason this herb may be so powerful is that it naturally contains withanolides, which are about 300 naturally occurring steroids that seem to help in the treatment of many chronic diseases.

And it might be helpful in a person fighting against cancer or might help to prevent it.

Many men are getting interested in the herb because when it reduces cortisol, which reduces belly fat, it also could naturally increase testosterone which is going to be a positive in increasing fertility and sexual health.